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ished by Storm
'was littered with trees and now-' i er lines.
In the low-lying sections of St. Bernard water was still receding Tuesday, and residents were told it might take two or three days before they can return to the homes.
In Plaquemines Parish, where an estimated 4,800 or more dwellings were destroyed between Empire and Venice, Public Utilities Commissioner Howard Wilcox Jr. said at least three to five months will be re quired to repair several miles of back levees.
The levees control tides and must be repaired in order to pump water out of the parish, he said.
After that will come the problem of rebuilding.
Five of the eight victims in Plaquemines—two men, a woman and two small children— were recovered late Monday.
Officials said the search will continue but the Ml death toll may never be known.
er Hiroshima,” by Gen. Johnson, where some 4,000 families are homeless. Apparently undamaged was “Beauvoir,” the last home of Jefferson Davis. A 50-foot shrimp boat was found high and dry on a front lawn. A 63-foot sailing yacht was on the roof of the concession stand at the Broadwater Beach Marina.
—Ocean Springs, where reports remain very sketchy but damage is said to be extensive.
—Pascagoula - Moss Point, where 90 per cent of the buildings suffered some damage. —Mobile, where looters took advantage of the confusion and destruction before National Guardsmen could be assigned along the Mobile Causeway.
The eye of Camille passed over Long Beach, Miss., and those communities immediately west—Waveland, Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian—all suffered extensive damage.
Hwy. 90 Traffic Being Rerouted
TTig Mississippi Highway Department has announced that
The bodies found Monday j alj through traffic on Hwy. 90 were recovered from the vie-	T • •	j
tuns’ home which had been between Lmusiana and Mobile washed over the back levee into! is being rerouted to allow clean-
—Photo by The Associated Press.
h the interior of the lounge, bar iar. The motel’s main building d also received severe damage.
from the White House since I first contacted them on behalf of the affected areas in my district has been outstanding and the immediate response even before the official announcement has been excellent.	I
, “The coordination between the' North Gulfport is open, although, white House, the governor’s of-trees and debris occasionally! fice and the officials of St. Ber-
! children,” he said.
Y; Keith also said that Hwy. 53, e from south of Poplarville to
'- North GulfDort is il >f
the marshes.
In the area of assistance to storm victims, the Office of Emergency Preparedness was at work gathering federal resources for the gigantic task of clearing debris.
The American Red Cross also announced it had launched an emergency campaign for $6 million to provide relief for hurricane vitcims.
The Red Cross was also establishing a radio station in the
: obstruct one side of the road-!nard and Plaquemines Parishes
: could not have been improved upon.
‘There is every indication this
way.	:	could
e:	The monster storm barreled
over the western tip of Cuba Friday, leaving three dead, and then moved across the Gulf of Mexico, pushing her 190-mile-an-hour winds across the mouth of the Mississippi River and then slamming into the Mississippi coast.
cooperation will continue in the fullest and I certainly will continue to be available in my New Orleans office during the crisis.”
The $2 million made available
is designed to help the states In Mississippi, the destruc-;an^ 'oca^. communities put pub-i" tion caused by Camille lay facilities—roads, utilities and along a 50-mile stretch of beach pubiic buildings back in work- 522-9911. l from	Waveland to Pascagoula, I ‘n8	! A	Red Cross spokesman said
-	mear	Alabama state line., .i	f1™!^	! that	while communications are
-	IWind	damage was reported in
up operations in the storm's aftermath.
Officials said that starting at the intersection of U.S. 90 and Interstate 59 south at Slidell, traffic would be routed up 1-59 to Poplarville, Miss., turned east at that point on Miss. 26 through Wiggins to Lucedale, where U. S. 98 will be used into Mobile.
Traffic originating in Mobile will follow the same route into
Gulfport area to aid rescue Louisiana, agencies in contacting New Or-j Louisiana Highway Director
leans.
'Leon Gary said the following
The Red Cross has opened;highways are closed to ^traffic emergency assistance head- ’ quarters in Poplarville, Gulfport, Bay St. Louis, Waveland and Picayune, Miss., to aid disaster victims, and has also set up emergency radio communications with the coast area. Persons desiring information on relatives in the area should call the Red Cross at
able if needed, said man for the OEP.
m Louisiana because of Hurricane Camille:
State Route 23 In Plaquemines, closed south of the Empire Bridge;
U.S. 90 in Orleans Parish, between New Orleans and the Rigolets is open only to emergency traffic, with crews working in the area.
Gary said U.S. 11, between New Orleans and Slidell; U.S. 90 between the Rigolets and the
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a spun.es jsiow, information on individuals!Mississippi state line, U.S. 190
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Alabama and in extreme north-	r	!in	the	area is being obtained. jn the Slidell area, and State
west Florida.	Relief	Programs	;	,^e	Rec* Cross sent 17 ad- Route 39 on the east side of the
pi	r ..	.	,	.	-i	li	1	ditional	volunteer	nurses	into	Mississippi River in Plaque-
Uamage tstimated	Made	Available	i	the	coast	area	Tuesday.	They	mines Parish are all now
at $50-100 Million	i These are some of the relief i will join hundreds of volunteer
In Louisiana, the lower programs that the federal gov-|doctors, nurses^ and medical ^‘ reaches of Plaquemines and St.jernment is making available for!®tu^J!ts ‘Bernard Parishes suffered ex-jthe counties and parishes desig-j ami e'
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aiding victims of
^|tensive damage, and the U.S.' tpH rii,a=tPr areas-	~!	^	Red	Cross	also	an-]
r]Corps of Engineers, after sur-i n , n .	’	.	,,	jnounced	that	it	is	rushing	doz-.	Medicine Going
. i ripfonse DeDartment—all re-lpn* nf disaster relief workers. I	Aw»„
opened to traffic.
He said that highways in the Bogalusa and Slidell areas previously closed are now open.